Researchers at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute discovered
a protein that has the ability to increase muscle mass and muscle power. They
were able to isolate this protein which is found in humans and mice. It is most
commonly found in the skeletal muscles Such as biceps, triceps, deltoids and many other
muscles. After isolating this previously unknown protein, scientists tested it
on mice and found that their muscle mass and strength increased more than
normal and that the protein could be very beneficial for muscle growth. The
protein helps muscle endurance rather than growth. This is significant because
it might give researchers the opportunity to synthesize a treatment out of this
protein. It would most likely treat muscle atrophy and other related diseases.

This discovery is significant to society because of its potential to
cure muscle diseases such as muscle atrophy and be able to help older people
whose muscles often deteriorate making it harder for them to accomplish even
the most basic tasks. Not only will it help older citizens, it may prove to be
quite useful to hospital patients who often endure muscle atrophy after coming
off a long period of bed rest and cancer patients, who are the most common
victims of muscular diseases like muscle atrophy. Society would be better off
as a whole because this protein, when synthesized, may have the ability to help
members of society maintain their physical strength and even increase it. This
will help society function better as a whole.

This article, while very informative, is very hard to comprehend. I
found that it was increasingly hard to understand the language the writer was
using. Myself not being an expert on all the different proteins in the human
body found myself scouring the Internet for definitions of the terms and names
they gave throughout their article. Nonetheless it was a very interesting and informative
article providing insight on the development of an important cure for certain
muscular diseases whose victims include people of old age, cancer patients, and
hospital patients.

1 comment:

I liked Jacks article review about protein because it was interesting and informational. one of the many things I liked about this article was, a good writing tone,which made the article seem more important and it was easy to read. I liked the facts he told and I found it interesting that many disease can be treated with protein. this article shows how protein can be used to help people and increase peoples physical strength. one thing i did not like about this article was that it was a little short. If this review could talk about the other things protein affected and how protein fight diseases.